“Here is what we know: It
was intentional, it was a violent act, it was certainly a criminal act, it was
a bombing — that’s what we know."...“To understand there were any specific motivations, political motivations, any connection to an organization — that’s what we don’t know.”

By the next day (Sunday) Governor
Cuomo stated:

“The mayor and I are in
total agreement on the facts and circumstances and the observations. I think it
becomes a question of semantics, if anything,” Cuomo said. “Yes, it was an
intentional act. It was a violent act. It was a criminal act. And it was an act
that frightened, hurt and scared many, many people. And generically, you call
that terrorism.”

And, this morning I heard the
Governor confidently state - it was “terrorism” – a textbook
definition.

What we're reading and tuning into

Disclaimer

What I post here is intended only as a forum to discuss ideas. Please be aware that referred to research or sources evolve over time so the documents referred to on this blog may be superseded by new information.

Oh, and BTW I use the following broad definition of Health Literacy:“A health literate person is able to use health concepts and information generatively—applying information to novel situations. This is critical to our efforts to prepare the public to react to complex public health emergencies.”(From invited paper presented by me - Surgeon General’s Report on Health Literacy, September 7 2006, Bethesda Maryland http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/healthliteracy/toc.html)